Asia

• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong presides 100th anniversary celebrations at Rosary Church Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Addressing parishioners at Rosary Church in the central Kowloon district of Hong Kong on the occasion of the parish’s 100th anniversary, Bishop John Tong, auxiliary of Hong Kong, said “Our ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Ten days of intense prayer and reflection on the Eucharist: Seoul Archdiocese concludes fruitful Eucharistic Congress Seoul (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Seoul ended a ten day Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 23 October. Ten days of deep prayer and serious reflection on the Eucharist marked the closing of the special Year of the Eu ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Catholics join “Help Kashmir” campaign coordinated by a Hindu leader - inter-religious prayer for earthquake victims New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Help Kashmir” is an aid campaign in aid of victims of the October 8 earthquake launched by religious leaders, churches, NGOs and associations in Bhopal, capital of the Indian state of Mad ...
• 28 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Five Catholic nuns attacked by Hindu fundamentalist in Rajasthan: tension rises New Delhi (Fides Service) - Indian Christians are under shock after yet another episode of anti-Christian violence. On 25 October five Catholics nuns were attacked by Hindu extremists in Bhandaria, Banswara district, Raj ...
• 27 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslims welcome with gratitude 7 million dollars donated by Caritas India to rebuild homes in Kashmir destroyed by earthquake. New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholic aid agency Caritas India has announced a contribution of 7 million dollars for reconstruction in earthquake affected areas of Kashmir. An extraordinary commitment, the concrete expr ...
• 27 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Successful “cyber-pastoral”: catechumens follow instruction via the web Seoul (Fides Service) - Learning the principle contents of the faith on the Web and using a home PC to follow an itinerary of catechumenate leading to baptism is possible today in South Korea where the local Catholic co ...
• 26 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas warning: “This is a very serious medical emergency”. Caritas volunteers help patients at devastated Leprosy Centre in the earthquake affected area of Kashmir Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - True to its mission the local Catholic aid agency Caritas is helping people most in need after the devastating earthquake in Kashmir. A Caritas Pakistan team led by Dr Andreas Fabricius sent ...
• 26 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New President of Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustune Cheong Myeng-cho presents plans Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea will continue to give serious attention to the mission of evangelisation, to promoting the good of the nation, to keeping the Church ‘young and dynamic and working for nation ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Proclamation, witness and sharing, young Salesians in Daejeong Daejeong (Fides Service) - Two thousands people contacted, met, evangelised: this was the fruit of activities of festivity and proclamation connected with the Feast of Saint John Bosco, recently by pupils at Salesian sch ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Protests and rising tension in Kerala after attack on Catholic Bishop’s residence Cochin (Fides Service) - While the police have arrested 8 suspects with regard to the recent attack on the residence of the Catholic Bishop of Neyyatinkara actions of protest are being organised by the civil community . ...
• 25 October 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “Do not forget last year’s tsunami victims!”: Jesuits call to international community Jakarta (Fides Service) - The earthquake disaster in Pakistan must not make people forget the victims of the December 2004 tsunami, say Indonesian volunteers working to assist seaquake victims. One of the most active or ...
• 24 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “The challenge now is to co-ordinate aid” said head of Caritas Pakistan Bishop Joseph Coutts Islamabad (Fides Service) - Bishop Joseph Coutts, director of Caritas Pakistan has just returned from a visit to people in areas affected by the October 8 earthquake. Reporting from Caritas base in Rawalpindi the Bishops ...
• 24 October 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Take note of the signs of the times, listen to the “flock of the faithful”: Manila archdiocese closet pastoral assembly with 2,000 delegates Manila (Fides Service) - At the end of a general pastoral assembly organised by the archdiocese of Manila, yesterday 23 October, Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales said on behalf of the whole community “We wish to be a pe ...
• 20 October 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ramadan in Moluccas provides opportunities for Muslim - Christian reconciliation Ambon (Fides Service) - Local Church sources in Amboina diocese, Moluccas Islands, say Ramadan the annual Muslim month of prayer and fasting is an opportunity for promoting reconciliation and joint social activities. The ...
• 20 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Stephen Kim: “A collapsed building can be reconstructed, it is not so difficult. However if the sense of values and dignity of life collapses it will be very difficult to restore”. Seoul (Fides Service) - Cardinal Stephen Kim, emeritus archbishop of di Seoul has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s position that the “human embryo is a human life, with precise and undeniable dignity which demands to ...